February 04 2012 9:09 AM

SCVMM Tip: Testing PRO Integration in VMM / OpsMgr 2012

PRO Integration still has an important place in VMM / OpsMgr integration System Center 2012 and I expect many people will be leveraging it in a private cloud environment. Once you setup Performance and Resource Optimization (PRO) integration (for info on...

February 03 2012 12:29 PM

Moving the #SCVMM database when it’s running in a virtual controlled by SCVMM

When I was building my System Center 2012 testing lab I installed SQL server in a virtual running on my HyperV systems I was controlling with SCVMM 2012 RC. I’ll admit it, it seemed like a good idea at the time. I put all of the System Center products in...

February 02 2012 5:21 PM

OpsMgr 2012 (#SCOM) Overriding the default AutoSignOut value for the web console

A colleague of mine was having issues with the new OpsMgr 2012 web console that it would return to the login prompt after a period of time. This would represent an issue for organizations who want to display this web page on views which would not be regu...

February 02 2012 1:53 PM

OWSUG and Microsoft sponsored IT Virtualization Boot Camp in Ottawa

These events are live and they’re HOT. 40 seats per event but they’re not free. The event cost is $25/person and registration is NOT optional. 40 seats is a HARD limit because that is the number of computers. Payments are collected via Paypal. Please reg...

February 02 2012 8:49 AM

How to clear agent cache on Operations Manager 2007 agent

This is a frequent item that is covered in the TechNet forums. So much so I’ve decided to make a post about how to do it so I don't have to type the directions any more. Steps to clear the agent cache. 1. Logon to agent machine with admin rights (or enou...

February 02 2012 8:33 AM

Hotfix: SCDPM 2010 Interoperability Hotfix for Centralized Management with SCDPM 2012 Beta

This interoperability patch enables your SCDPM 2010 servers to be centrally managed using the Central Console feature available with SCDPM 2012. Once you have installed this hotfix, you can monitor and manage both SCDPM 2010 and SCDPM 2012 servers using...

February 02 2012 8:31 AM

Webcast: Inside the EMC / Microsoft Partnership for MMS 2012

This is a pretty informative video about how EMC is involved in MMS 2012 Inside the Partnership is your link to happenings, events and news between the EMC and Microsoft Partnership. Inside The Partnership (EMC/MSFT) - ITP19 - 2012 Overview and Getting R...

February 01 2012 10:12 AM

OpsMgr 2007 Powershell - list group members

Sometimes I like posting things that I utilize at work just so I can find them easier, or refer forums posters to it. This is one of those posts. I needed to dump the group membership into a file. Line 1 loads the group information into an array. Line 2...

January 31 2012 9:39 PM

[Private Cloud]: Configuring anti-affinity between VMs on Hyper-V 2008 R2 SP1 and VMM 2012

Sometimes, virtual machines that should not reside on the same virtualization host. This comes into play with virtualized Exchange server roles, VMs that are part of a failover cluster, virtualized Active Directory domain controllers or sometimes a VMs i...

January 30 2012 9:12 PM

OpsMgr 2012 UNIX/Linux Authoring Templates: Shell Command [Operating Quadrant]

Kris Bash posted a great tutorial showcasing the new Shell Command monitoring templates in Operations Manager 2012. The new templates are: Monitors UNIX/Linux Shell Command Three State Monitor UNIX/Linux Shell Command Two State Monitor Rules UNIX/Linux S...